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  • WANG Miaomiao, WANG Yanfu, YUAN Siying, YU Weizhe
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 49-57. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.006
    Ship trajectory prediction is essential for intelligent ships to understand complex encounter scenarios and make wise decisions. However, due to inherent uncertainty and complex interactions between different ships, predicting future trajectories is a very challenging problem. Therefore, a ship trajectory prediction model based on Multi-relational weighted graph Transformer (MG-Transformer) is proposed. First, the motion patterns of ships with similar trajectories are extracted from AIS data to capture different movement features. On this basis, the historical motion patterns of different ships are learned to improve the prediction accuracy and efficiency of the model. Secondly, the multi-relational weighted graphs is constructed to illustrate the complex spatial relationship between multiple ships. The interaction with surrounding ships is learned through Transformer to refine the trajectory and predict a reasonable trajectory. The AIS data of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port is used for experimental verification. The results show that when predicting trajectories of different time steps, compared with LSTM, BiLSTM, Seq2seq, and Social-SGCNN, the MG-Transformer model has a significant decrease in the average displacement error and final displacement error indicators. The average reduction of each indicator is 27.54%. The accuracy of the proposed ship trajectory prediction model has been significantly improved, which is crucial for maritime traffic safety and efficiency. 

  • GUAN Wei, ZHANG Cheng, CUI Zhe-wen, Han Hu-sheng
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 11-20. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.002
    With the rapid development of science and technology, multi-unmanned ship systems have shown great potential in military, rescue and escort mission scenarios. The purpose of this paper is to explore the formation construction problem of multiple unmanned surface vehicle systems based on multi-agent deep reinforcement learning algorithm. Considering the sluggish convergence speed of the conventional multi-agent deep deterministic policy gradient algorithm (MADDPG), this study incorporates the attention mechanism into the value function stage to enhance the convergence speed of the formation decision model for a multi-UAV system. Through the cooperation of the formation model of the unmanned surface vehicle with the formation collision avoidance and the formation construction reward function, the efficiency of the multi-UAV to complete the formation construction task is finally improved. The simulation results conclusively demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed method in accomplishing multi-unmanned surface vehicle formation construction tasks, thereby establishing a solid theoretical foundation for future applications of multi-unmanned ship formation construction.

  • ZHAN Tianbi, FENG Hui, XU Haixiang, WANG Yong
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 43-53. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.005
     In order to address the challenges encountered in intelligent ship global path planning using the DQN algorithm, such as paths being planned too close to obstacles, excessive turning points, large turning angles, and slow algorithm convergence, a method based on Noisy DQN (NoisyNet-DQN) for global path planning is proposed. Firstly, to maintain a safe distance between intelligent ships and obstacles, and to reduce path turning points and large turning angles, additional reward functions including heading reward, time reward, turning point reward, and safety reward are incorporated on top of the traditional reward function. Secondly, to tackle the slow convergence issue in complex navigation scenarios, parameter noise is introduced into the output layer of the DQN neural network, thereby enhancing the convergence speed of the DQN network. Simulation studies are conducted in the actual maritime environments of Dalian and Zhoushan. The simulation results indicate that compared to the traditional DQN algorithm, the proposed Noise-DQN algorithm significantly improves the convergence speed and, greatly enhances the safety and economy of the planned global path, better aligning with the actual navigation requirements of ships. The research results can provide a certain reference for global path planning in intelligent ship navigation.

  • LI Zhengzhong, REN Hongxiang, QIU Shaoyang, YANG Xiao, TANG Haina
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 71-81. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.008
    In order to improve the detection effect of water surface small objects in inland navigation scenarios and reduce the model’s complexity, a lightweight water surface object detection model based on improved YOLOv5l is proposed in this paper. The model takes YOLOv5l as the base model, firstly, the positioning loss function is improved, and the NWD-CIoU function is proposed to improve the recall rate of the model for small objects and increase the multi-scale object detection capability of the model. Secondly, combining FasterBlock module and C3 module, C3_Faster module is proposed to optimize the backbone network of YOLOv5l model, reducing network’s parameters and reducing model’s complexity. Thirdly, the slimming method is used to prune the model, greatly trim the redundant connections, reduce the model’s parameters and operational complexity, and improve the inference speed. Finally, based on the channel knowledge distillation method, the YOLOv5x was used as the teacher model to distill the pruned model to improve the detection effect of the model. The experimental results show that the proposed model has a better detection effect and speed for water surface objects in inland navigation scenarios, and compared with the original YOLOv5l model, the number of parameters decreases by 81.48%, and GFLOPs decreases by 80.69%, which is more suitable for deployment on mobile devices with limited computing resources, and thereby offering practical engineering significance.

  • REN Jingyu, WANG Kunpeng, CUI Chunyi, ZHAO Min, LIU Hailong, XIONG Qi
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 151-162. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.016
    Bank slope siltation and pile foundation cracking damage are common issues in coastal port high-piled wharves in China, posing a significant threat to the safe operation of the wharves. To implement effective maintenance measures, such as bank slope desilting and pile repair, the primary task is to understand the cracking mechanism of wharf piles under bank slope siltation. The paper investigated the siltation status of bank slopes of 16 major coastal ports in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, as well as the cracking of pile foundations of 7 typical wharves. Based on specific engineering, finite element models of the interaction between silted bank slope and wharf pile foundations were established, and the force and deformation characteristics of the pile-soil system were analyzed. The plastic deformation state of the pile foundation, as determined by the internal force combination value, was largely consistent with the actual location of the wharf pile cracking axis. This confirmed the validity of the modeling approach. A total of seven factors were selected for orthogonal testing in terms of both the engineering geological conditions of the bank slope and the structural parameters of the piled wharf, and the sensitivity of each factor to the internal force of the pile foundation was determined using extreme deviation analysis. The main conclusions are as follows. In marine environment, sediment continues to silt back under and behind piled wharf can cause sustained deformation of soft soil layers, leading to the passive pile problem. As the bank slope is silted, the soil beneath the wharf moves significantly towards the sea, causing large horizontal displacement of neighboring piles. This leads to a surge in the axial force and bending moment of the pile foundations, which in turn induces the top or the maximum pile displacement of some piles to exceed the limit of elastic-plastic deformation. Moreover, during the siltation process, the shoreward sloping piles at the rear of the wharf have greater additional internal forces, making them more susceptible to cracking and damage. The axial force and bending moment at the top of the piles under siltation conditions are more sensitive to the structure parameters and the slope of the bank slope.

  • Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 21-30. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.003
    A fixed-time sliding mode fault-tolerant control strategy based on a disturbance observer is proposed for the cooperative encirclement control of multiple unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) with actuator faults and unknown environmental disturbances. The method is grounded in the hierarchical control concept, where the cooperative encirclement system is decoupled into a guidance layer and a control layer. Firstly, in the guidance layer, a fixed-time distributed cooperative control law combined with a sideslip angle observer (SO) is designed to achieve equidistant rotation around the target. Secondly, in the control layer, actuator faults are treated as disturbances affecting the layer, and a fixed-time disturbance observer (FxDO) is introduced to observe the nonlinear lumped disturbances caused by actuator faults and unknown environmental factors in real-time. A fixed-time sliding mode controller (FxSMC) is then designed to compensate for these disturbances, ensuring fast convergence of dynamic errors while smoothing the control output. Finally, the stability of the closed-loop control system is proven using the Lyapunov function, and the effectiveness of the proposed method in mitigating the adverse effects of actuator faults on the cooperative encirclement task is validated through a comparative simulation involving three USVs.

  • JIANG Ziyi, XIAO Zhongming, FENG Yinwei, ZHOU Dongjian
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 63-70. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.007
    In order to better analyze the human factors in ship pilotage accidents, a human factors analysis model for ship pilotage accidents was established to identify and evaluate the transmission path of key risk factors in the ship pilotage process. Firstly, the original human factors analysis and classification system (HFACS) framework was adjusted and refined based on accident reports to identify human factors in pilotage accidents. Secondly, a HFACSBN model of ship pilotage accidents was constructed based on the logical relationships within the HFACS framework and Bayesian network (BN) theory to verify the reliability of the model. Finally, the key risk factor transmission path was identified by integrating BN inference and sensitivity analysis. Results show that among all human factors transmission paths, “R1 (behavioral error) → P2 (poor operator status) → S2 (improper operation plan) → M2 (poor organizational atmosphere)” is the transmission path of key risk factors. Implementing effective control measures against human factors in ship pilotage accidents is of great significance in preventing further development of risks.


  • ZHANG Chaoyue, LIN Bin, NA Zhenyu, XIAO Zhongming
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 92-101. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.010
    In order to solve the limitation on communication and computation resources, and complex wireless environments in maritime three-dimensional communication-computing converged networks, the computation offloading scheme for Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) mounted on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UIRS)-assisted maritime communication-computing converged networks was studied. The offloading ratios of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs), computation resource allocation of edge server, UIRS phase shifts and deployment were jointly optimized, aiming at minimizing the total energy consumption. Due to the high-dimensional coupled variables, based on the iterative optimization method, the original problem is decomposed into two subproblems, where the relaxation method and Twin Delayed Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (TD3) algorithm were used to solve the offloading ratios and communication-computing resources, respectively. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can minimize the total energy consumption while satisfying the latency requirements, and perform superior performance under various scenarios. Moreover, in comparison with the scheme of without IRS, the total energy consumption in the proposed scheme is reduced by 42.0% on average.

  • LIU Ting, DONG Mengyu, ZHENG Kai, WANG Kun, HUANG Xianyang, LU Xiangyi
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(3): 74-84. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.03.008

    The performance of deep learning-based dehazing networks is highly dependent on large and rich paired datasets. However, the collection of paired data consisting of hazy images and clear images in real-world environments is extremely difficult. As a result, existing studies mostly adopted synthetic datasets for training, which leads to insufficient generalization ability of the networks in complex real-world scenarios. Therefore, a CycleGAN-based unsupervised image dehazing network was proposed to solve the problems of color distortion, artifacts, and incomplete dehazing that were prone to occur during the dehazing process of CycleGAN. Firstly, a residual dense connection module was designed to construct the encoder-decoder architecture,while  incorporating spatial and channel residual attention modules.An attention fusion mechanism was introduced in the skip connection section to achieve deep optimization of feature extraction and screening processes.Secondly, a new loss function was designed to effectively balance the visual authenticity and defogging accuracy of generated images.Experimental results show that, compared with baseline methods, the peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) of the dehazed images of the designed network on outdoor synthetic datasets is improved by 22.71%, and the structural similarity (SSIM) value is increased by 6.49%. The image quality is improved  after defogging, and the network can also generate visually realistic foggy images.


  • LIU Wenji, DU Jialu, LI Meng, LI Zheng
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.001
    Vessel-borne stabilization platforms can isolate vessel-borne equipment from vessel motions and ensure the operation safety of vessel-borne equipment. For a three-degree-of-freedom parallel vessel-borne stabilization platform, a wave compensation control hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulator is developed by using a personal computer (PC) and OP4510 real-time computer, as well as MATLAB and AMESim software for testing the performance of vessel-borne stabilization platform wave compensation controllers, which can reduce the test cost and the risk of sea trial, and shorten the development cycle of vessel-borne stabilization platform wave compensation controllers. The developed HIL simulator is used to test the performance of a joint space wave compensation stabilization controller as an example. The test results indicate that the joint space wave compensation stabilization controller can guarantee that the supporting surface of the vessel-borne platform is maintained at a desired horizontal position and orientation, while verifying that the developed HIL simulator can be used to test the performance of vessel-borne stabilization platform wave compensation controllers.
  • ZHANG Yuxin, ZHANG Wenjun, SHAN Qihe, MENG Xiangkun
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(3): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.03.001
    To reduce carbon emissions and increase the utilization of renewable resources, a distributed optimal scheduling algorithm for the ship integrated energy system is proposed to ensure the quick, accurate response to the load demands. Firstly, an optimal scheduling model considering economic and environmental benefits is constructed based on the sailing features. Then, a distributed optimal scheduling algorithm is proposed with the combination of prescribed-time consensus and multi-agent theory. Moreover, the converge and prescribed time performances are analyzed theoretically. Finally, simulation results designed for a sailing route from Singapore to Penang show that the proposed strategy performs better in calculation accuracy and efficiency. Moreover, it saves 8.21% on operation costs and decreases 12.99% in  carbon emissions, which meets the energy consumption requirements during sailing and continuously provides a high-quality energy supply.

  • LIU Xiaochao, ZHANG Bin, WU Wanqing, ZHANG Gaoyu
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 163-170. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.017
    In order to explore the influence mechanism of cleaning agent on the cleaning effect of chemical tanker during tank washing, palm oil cleaning experiment was carried out based on self-built experimental platform. Combined with FLUENT numerical simulation, the influence of cleaning water temperature and ethanol concentration in cleaning water on the cleaning effect of palm oil was systematically analyzed. The results showed that with the increase of cleaning water temperature, the adhesion of residual palm oil was decreased, and the cleaning effect of residual palm oil on the wall was accelerated at the initial stage of washing (0-8s). The cleaning speed of cleaning water at 30℃ and 40℃ was 3%/s and 6%/s, respectively, which was significantly higher than that of cleaning water at 20℃. With the increase of the concentration of cleaning agent added to the rinsing water, the viscosity of the oil alcohol mixture is critically affected. In the early stage of rinsing (0-8s), the higher concentration of cleaning water can effectively reduce the viscosity of the palm oil-ethanol mixture, thus improving the cleaning effect. With the extension of washing time (8-15s), the influence of cleaning water concentration on cleaning effect is gradually weakened. The influence degree of cleaning water temperature and concentration on the cleaning effect is compared, and it is found that the cleaning water concentration has a great influence on the cleaning effect at 0-2s and 12-15s, and the cleaning water temperature plays a key role in the cleaning effect at 5-10s. In order to reduce the consumption of cleaning agent and shorten the cleaning time, it is recommended to use cleaning water mixed with high concentration of cleaning agent to quickly flush the chemical tank during the pre-washing stage. After pre-washing, rinse the chemical tank with hot water.

  • XIONG Qi, CUI Chunyi, ZHAO Min, LIU Hailong, YOU Zaijin, JI Zezhou, LI Jun
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 141-150. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.015
    To investigate the influence of sediment soil parameters to pile foundations of piled wharf to force deformation, a numerical computational model of the interaction system of bank slope and piled wharf is established, Firstly, extensive fiducial error is used to identify the key siltation stages during bank slope siltation process. Furthermore, the Sobol’ and TGP global sensitivity analysis method are also employed to analyze the sensitivity of the sediment soil parameters to the force deformation of pile foundations. On this basis, a normalized sensitivity index (SVI) method is utilized to determinate the importance of cohesion, friction angle, Young’s modulus, and Poisson's ratio in influencing the force deformation of the pile foundations. The computational results show that the Young’s modulus is the primary driving factor for affecting the force deformation of pile foundations. And the sensitivity of the pile foundation to horizontal displacement at the mudline is not influenced by sediment thickness, with the importance ranking as follows: Young’s modulus, cohesion, Poisson's ratio, and friction angle. The quantitative findings of this study contribute to a deeper understanding of the influence of sediment soil parameters on the force deformation of pile foundations during bank slope siltation process, which can provide valuable theoretical references for the engineering design and reliability assessment of the interaction system of bank slope and piled wharf. 

  • LIU Qing, ZHU Jingwei, LI Mingxuan, LIAO Haibo, ZANG Kun
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 112-119. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.012
    Multi-phase permanent magnet fault-tolerant motors are often used in aviation, transportation and military fields which require high reliability of drive systems. Open circuit fault is a common electrical fault in motor drive system. Aiming at the problems that the existing fault diagnosis methods need to identify the open circuit fault of switch tube and winding with multiple sets of variables, and the change of motor running state is easy to lead to the misdiagnosis of threshold value judgment, this paper proposes a new phase voltage average value algorithm, which combines the motor drive system with the current mode flux observer. and switches the diagnosis variables from fault complex identification to a group of variables identification, and from threshold range diagnosis to a group of positive and negative variables the different open circuit faults of switching tube and winding can be distinguished by the diagnostic results. The experimental platform for fault diagnosis of six-phase permanent magnet fault-tolerant motor is built, and the experimental results verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed algorithm.

  • ZHANG Ya, CHEN Peng, LIU Bingxin, LIU Peng, XIA Chenxu
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 106-114. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.012
    In light of the limitations of existing object detection models in extracting complex features of oil spill areas and identifying irregularly shaped oil spill regions, an improved Mask R-CNN model is proposed to better adapt to the task of oil spill detection on the sea surface. Firstly, a deformable convolution module is introduced into the feature extraction network of the model to enhance its perception of irregularly shaped oil spill areas. Secondly, an improved attention mechanism is incorporated into the model, which not only strengthens the model's ability to capture key features of oil spill areas but also adds relatively few parameters. Lastly, the Complete Intersection over Union Loss (CIoU Loss) function is utilized as the bounding box regression loss function, thereby improving the model's performance in the bounding box regression task. Experiments conducted on a publicly available Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sea surface oil spill dataset demonstrate that the detection accuracy of the improved model is 66.14%, representing an increase of 5.33% compared to the original Mask R-CNN model. Moreover, on the same dataset, when compared with object detection models Yolov9, Yolov10, Faster R-CNN, and Cascade R-CNN, the accuracy is respectively enhanced by 31.79%, 19.01%, 30.47%, and 21.02%. In comparison with instance segmentation models Yolact and Yolov5-seg, the accuracy is respectively elevated by 22.94% and 29.5%.

  • XU Dongxing, YIN Jianchuan
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 10-21. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.002
    In order to accurately reflect the nonlinear, stochastic, and non-stationary characteristics of ship pitch motion in real-time, an adaptive prediction model is proposed based on sliding data window and Lipschitz quotients method. Firstly, the sliding data window is employed as a local observer to segment the ship's pitch motion status data in real-time, and the Lipschitz quotients method is used to adaptively determine the order of the subsystems represented within the current sliding data window. Online small batch training samples are provided for the feed-forward neural network model by using sliding data window and Lipschitz quotients method, which can overcome the impact of single sample and big batch data samples on the performance of the neural network model. Then, to address the problem that feed-forward neural networks based on deterministic learning algorithms are prone to fall into local optimums, a feed-forward neural network model based on the improved butterfly optimization algorithm trainer is proposed to improve the prediction accuracy of the ship's pitch motion status. In the improved butterfly optimization algorithm, a mutation operator guided by the balancing factor and an information reorganization strategy with an optimal individual guidance mechanism are employed to enhance the algorithm's ability to avoid falling into a local optimum. Finally, the effectiveness and feasibility of the improved butterfly optimization algorithm and the adaptive prediction model are verified by using the benchmark test functions and the measured pitch motion status data from M.V. “YuKun”, respectively. The experimental results show that the improved butterfly optimization algorithm in respect of convergence speed and accuracy outranks the butterfly optimization algorithm, particle swarm optimization algorithm, and moth-flame optimization algorithm; The proposed adaptive prediction model has stronger generalization ability and higher prediction accuracy, and the average running time of each step is within 0.2s, which is less than the system sampling time of 1s. The proposed adaptive prediction model not only meets real-time requirements but also improves the accuracy of ship's pitch motion status prediction, which can provide a potential solution for online modeling of complex systems.

  • ZHAO Zhilei, ZHOU Zihao
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 32-38. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.004
    The hydrodynamics of four-column structures in waves is studied by using AQWA software. The relationships of the first order wave force and the second order wave force with wave frequency are analyzed, and the wave elevations at the characteristic points around the cylinder and the wave surface distribution around the cylinder at different frequencies are given. The results of research shows the following conclusions: When kr < 0.5 in relatively low frequency region, the peak values of the first order surge force of each cylinder do not show much differences; however, the first-order longitudinal wave forces of the cylinder show obvious oscillating characteristics in relatively middle and high frequency region when  kr > 0.5, the maximum peak value is reached near kr = 1.68, but the difference of the first order heave wave force on each column is not obvious. The second order wave force of the four-column structure is directed from inside of the structure to the outside of the structure. With the increase of wavelength, the transmitted ability of the wave passing through the four-column body becomes stronger. However, when kr is around 1.68, the wave interference resonance occurs in the internal space of the four-column body, resulting in a significant rise of the wave around the column. This study reveals the law of hydrodynamic interference and resonance phenomenon between multiple cylinders in waves, which can provide theoretical reference for the subsequent design of pile foundation of offshore wind turbine platform.

  • ZHANG Teng, ZHANG Zhenhua, XUE Fanyan, LI Rui, SHEN Shuai, ZHAI Xiaofeng
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 22-31. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.003
    To provide maritime simulator with the reliable and applicable ship heave and pitch motion mathematical model in waves, avoid the influence of irregular frequency of Frank source and sink distribution method within the two-dimensional strip theory, high precision fitting of ship’s transverse sections was carried out based on the multi-parameter conformal mapping method, the integration of the hydrodynamic coefficient and the wave exciting force of the ship's transverse sections was carried out by the STF(Salvesen-Tuck-Faltinsen) method,  the Abkowitz model was adopted for the maneuverability motion equations considering the interaction among ship, propeller and rudder, and the numerical prediction of the ship heave and pitch motion in regular waves under the maneuvering conditions can be realized. The Mariner vessel was used as the simulation case at a Froude number of 0.2: when the Mariner vessel sails in head waves, the relative errors between the calculated results and the experimental results is less than 8.8% for heave amplitude operators, and the relative errors between the calculated results and the test results is less than 12.9% for pitch amplitude operators, and the calculated results and the experimental results show the same variation trend; when the wave angle range is  ~  ,the calculated results of the heave and pitch motion amplitude are symmetrical with respect to the wave angle of   , the calculated results of heave motion amplitude tend to be constant with the increase of wavelength; when the Mariner vessel carries out a   turning circle in regular waves, the time for computer operation is 609.3 seconds when carrying out turning maneuvers for 3000 seconds, which can satisfy the real-time requirements of maritime simulator. The ship heave and pitch motion mathematical model is applied to Mariner vessel and connected to the visual system of maritime simulator, which is proved effective and applicable to the maritime simulator.

  • CHU Liangyong, LIN Jiachen, HUANG Xianting, DU Jiayin, ZHANG Yiming
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 66-76. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.008
    To promote the development of green ports, new energy hybrid tugboats are introduced into the traditional tugboat scheduling problem. By incorporating the energy consumption characteristics of tugboats under different operational conditions, a mixed-integer linear programming model is formulated to minimize the total cost of port operations, including the combined electricity and fuel consumption costs of tugboat activities. A whale optimization algorithm embedded with heuristic rules is designed to solve the problem, which, when applied to small-scale examples, provides optimal solutions with errors ranging from 0.00% to 1.96% compared to the Gurobi solver. The case study results show that optimizing the scheduling of hybrid tugboats can effectively reduce the total tugboat operation costs by 6.91% and fuel consumption by 20.80%. The sensitivity analysis demonstrates that the total cost and fuel consumption decrease as the number of hybrid tugboats, battery capacity, and charging rate per unit time increase. Furthermore, when the values of these three parameters are within a reasonable range, they can effectively reduce the total cost. The research can provide theoretical support and decision-making reference for the actual operation of port tugboats.

  • LIU Jinping, XU Ning
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 87-96. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.010
     In the online order picking system of large supermarkets, considering the workload balance among pickers, the optimization of order batching and picking route was studied. For the scenario of " sort-after-pick" batch picking in large supermarkets with a limited number of pickers during peak periods, a dual-objective optimization model was constructed with two objectives of minimizing total completion time and minimizing the range in completion times. According to the problem feature and the dual-objective solution method, an improved NSGA-II algorithm was designed by combining the K-means clustering algorithm and the nearest neighbor strategy of the greedy algorithm. Based on the practical operation of large supermarkets such as Walmart, a picking layout and case parameters were set. The correctness of the model and the effectiveness of the algorithm were verified through examples of different scales. Numerical experiments show that range as workload balance criteria in a dual-objective model not only achieve workload balance but also has fewer negative impacts on picking efficiency. A further sensitivity analysis indicates that a population size of 50 and an iteration number of 100 are conducive to obtaining quality solutions. Comparative experiments conducted on datasets of different sizes reveals that the "sort-after-pick" method can reduce the average completion time of orders by 44.37% in comparison to the single order picking strategy. The conclusion indicates that the dual-objective model and algorithm can achieve a balance between workload balance and picking efficiency, improving picking efficiency while satisfying workload balance requirement from pickers’ perspective.

  • SUN Hui, XUE Qing, PAN Mingyang, ZHANG Ruolan , HAO Jiangling
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 39-48. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.005
    For multi-unmanned surface vehicle (USV) systems navigating through narrow channels and other complex environments, a formation obstacle-avoidance control algorithm is presented that integrates the artificial potential field (APF) method with model predictive control (MPC). To mitigate these problems,the traditional APF approach is improved, including the use of a saturated gravitational potential field and a partitioned repulsive potential field. These modifications aim to improve the precision of obstacle avoidance and the ability to maintain formation coherence in complex environments. Furthermore, by leveraging the multi-step predictive optimization capabilities of MPC, the proposed algorithm dynamically adjusts control inputs based on desired trajectories generated from potential field forces, which ensures the stability of formation control and the effectiveness of obstacle avoidance, thereby avoiding the path oscillation issues encountered by traditional artificial potential field methods in narrow waters. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperforms traditional methods in terms of obstacle-avoidance success rate, formation stability, and path planning efficiency. And the improved algorithm can avoid local minima, maintains formation integrity, and ensure smoothly passage through narrow channels, thereby validating its effectiveness.

  • XIN Wei, ZHOU Xin, MA Qiwen, NIU Xiaobing
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(3): 113-122. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.03.012

    In order to improve the operating ability of the system under unbalanced conditions, harmonic suppression was carried out from the perspective of output voltage control. Firstly, for the neutral point clamped(NPC) three-level inverter, fractional order modeling was performed on the controlled object in different coordinate systems to analyze the manifestations of the fundamental and harmonic components in the output voltage at different coordinates, and control was carried out in a two-phase stationary coordinate system. Secondly, to address the issue of low resonance bandwidth in proportional resonance and proportional complex integrators, an improved fractional-order proportional complex integral control (FO-QPCI) algorithm was adopted to suppress the imbalance of output voltage. Finally, the three-level inverter with the rapid control prototype(MT RCP) produced by ModelingTech software as the core controller was  experimentally verified on the physical platform, and results show that the proposed algorithm has good control ability to output voltage under unbalanced conditions and good suppression effect to harmonics.

  • LI Chenyu, MEI Bin, ZHANG Jie, LIU Chen
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 31-42. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.004
    Aiming at the nonlinear and strong coupling characteristics of AUV 6-DOF motion, a Deep bidirectional Temporal Convolutional Networks based on dung beetle optimization (DBO) is proposed in this paper as a nonlinear system identification modeling method. First, a bidirectional Temporal Convolutional Networks (BiTCN), a bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (BiGRU), and an Attention mechanism (self-attention) are used to construct a Deep bidirectional Temporal Convolutional Networks (Deep-BiTCN) to establish a 6-DOF nonlinear black-box model of the AUV. Secondly, in order to improve the accuracy of Deep-TCN model prediction, this paper uses DBO algorithm to optimize the model hyper-parameters. Finally, the validity and feasibility of the motion modeling method in this paper are verified by comparing with support vector machine (SVM) and random forest (RF) model. The experimental results show that, compared with Deep-BiTCN, the root mean square error (RMSE) and symmetric mean absolute percentage error (SMAPE) of the DBO-Deep-BiTCN algorithm model are reduced by 58.94% and 49.22%, respectively, and the coefficient of determination (R2) is improved by 0.73%; the AUV 6-DOF motion model based on DBO-Deep-BiTCN has high accuracy and strong convergence, and avoids the motion nonlinearity leads to the problems of large forecast error and easy dispersion of the motion system under strong coupling, which can provide an effective strategy for AUV 6-DOF motion identification.

  • WU Wanqing, GUO Yafei, WANG Heyuan, CAO Zhixing, ZHANG Bin, ZHENG Qinggong, HU Libin, CAO Haidong, DU Min
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(3): 138-148. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.03.015

    In order to study the factors affecting on the washing effect of chemical tankers, palm oil was selected as a typical non-volatile chemical cargo, stainless steel lined bulkhead chemical tanker was taken as a research object, while a physical experiment system was built and developed a reliable numerical simulation model was developed. The quantitative evaluation model of palm oil tank washing effect was obtained by analyzing the results.During the experiment, it was found that the water jet was mainly influencing factor in the initial stage, and the dissolution of tank washing water in the middle and later stage was the mainly influencing factor. The research results show that, the main factors affecting the tank washing effect are the length and diameter of the nozzle outlet, washing time, temperature of the tank washing water and dynamic pressure.  This work has theoretical reference value for related research and good guidance significance for the practice of chemical tanker washing.

  • ZOU Cunlong , LV Zhengkai , WANG Ning
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 97-105. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.011
    This paper proposes an adaptive correction and feature enhancement image preprocessing algorithm to address the problem of feature point matching failure caused by uneven lighting and blurry perceived image texture during autonomous navigation of unmanned ships. Firstly, Unsharp Masking was used to enhance image details. Then, multi-scale Gaussian convolution was used to extract lighting components in the brightness channel, and two-dimensional gamma correction was used to homogenize brightness. Gaussian filtering was applied to the tone channel to suppress low-pass noise. Finally, histogram homogenization algorithm was used to improve image contrast. Compared with the MSR algorithm, MSRCR algorithm, and SSR algorithm, the average gradient of this algorithm has increased by up to 50.55%, 151.21%, and 43.68% respectively, and the feature matching accuracy has increased by up to 86.81%, 176.08%, and 61.96% respectively. This research provides preprocessing techniques for visual perception images in autonomous navigation of unmanned ships, improving image quality and having certain application value.
  • WANG Xiaokun, DONG Zejin, WANG Yuwei, SUN Shichao
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 77-86. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.009
    Considering the potential of time-of-use electricity pricing in reducing ship energy costs, the impact of shore power equipment connection and disconnection on berthing times, and the number of retrofitted ships equipped with onboard shore power receiving systems, this study aims to enhance terminal operational efficiency and reduce carbon emissions from auxiliary engine usage during ship berthing. Under the time-of-use electricity pricing mechanism, a joint shore power usage and berth allocation scheme is proposed. To this end, a bi-objective optimization model is developed to minimize both total operational costs and total carbon emission costs. An improved Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II) is designed to solve the model, incorporating heuristic methods, neighborhood crowding degree calculation, and a dynamic crowding degree update strategy. Case studies and sensitivity analyses based on the operational data of a container terminal show that the proposed improved NSGA-II algorithm outperforms the traditional NSGA-II algorithm in terms of both solution quality and computational performance in most test scenarios. When the proportion of retrofitted ships reaches 70%, the total carbon emission cost experiences the greatest reduction, while the total operating cost sees the smallest increase. Moreover, compared to the shortest off-peak period, the longest off-peak period in the time-of-use pricing scheme reduces total operational costs by 7.65%, total carbon emission costs by 2.47%, and increases the number of ships using shore power by 33%. These results indicate that lower electricity prices during off-peak periods significantly incentivize ships to use shore power. Time-of-use pricing helps reduce total operational costs. Among ship costs, waiting and deviation costs have a significant impact on total operational costs, while delay costs have a smaller effect.
  • LIU Wenji, DU Jialu, LI Meng, SUN Yuqing
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.001
    Vessel-borne platforms adjust the position and orientation of their supporting surfaces by means of their actuators to isolate vessel motions from vessel-borne equipment they carry, so as to ensure the vessel-borne equipment operation is like onshore. A three-degree-of-freedom parallel scale vessel-borne platform prototype is designed and constructed, which can operate in the sea state of 2.5m significant wave height. Based on this prototype, a wave compensation rapid control prototyping (RCP) system of the parallel vessel-borne platform is developed using a personal computer (PC) and an OP4510 simulator, as well as MATLAB and RT-LAB software. Taking a joint space wave compensation control scheme as an example, we verify the control scheme by experiment, where this control scheme is realized using MATLAB/Simulink and compiled into an executable file under the Redhat system and downloaded to the OP4510 simulator through RT-LAB. Therein, OP4510 simulator acts as a prototype controller to control the scale vessel-borne stabilization platform prototype. The experimental results verify that the taken joint space wave compensation control scheme could make the vessel-borne platform supporting surface be kept at a desired horizontal orientation, while verifying the effectiveness of the developed wave compensation RCP system. The developed wave compensation RCP system can shorten the development cycle and reduce the development cost of real wave compensation controllers.


  • SUN Yubin, NIU Haojie, LIN Chengxin, ZHANG Huanyu
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 143-153. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.016
    To enhance the stress-adaptive characteristics of the FeMnSi shape memory alloy's γ↔ε martensitic transformation, improve its fatigue strength, wear resistance, residual stress release, stress concentration reduction, and microcrack inhibition capabilities, this paper studies the process and performance characteristics of FeMnSiCrNi shape memory alloy coatings prepared by laser alloying on the surface of 316 stainless steel. The study uses laser alloying technology to prepare FeMnSiCrNi shape memory alloy coatings on the surface of 316 stainless steel. The shape and size of the coating molten pool are simulated using the finite element analysis software ANSYS. After optimizing the laser alloying process parameters, the best process is selected as a laser power of 2000 W, a scanning speed of 400 mm/s, a defocusing distance of -30 mm, and an overlap rate of 50%. Subsequently, the microstructure, residual stress distribution, mechanical properties, and wear resistance of the coating are systematically analyzed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), X-ray stress analyzer, microhardness tester, and friction tester. The observation results show that the coating structure is dense, the surface is smooth, and it forms a good metallurgical bond with the 316 stainless steel substrate. It is mainly composed of γ austenite phase and a small amount of ε martensite phase. The residual stress generated during the laser alloying process induces the γ→ε martensitic transformation. After the coating cools, the transverse residual stress in the middle area is compressive stress, and it gradually changes to tensile stress on both sides, showing a "compressive stress→tensile stress→compressive stress" distribution along the laser scanning direction. The hardness of the FeMnSiCrNi shape memory alloy coating is significantly higher than that of the 316 stainless steel substrate, and the friction coefficient is lower. Under dry friction conditions, at loads of 10 N, 15 N, and 20 N, the friction coefficients of the Fe17Mn5Si10Cr5Ni coating are 0.46, 0.57, and 0.97, respectively, while those of the stainless steel substrate are 0.57, 0.98, and 1.33, respectively. Under dry friction for 10 minutes, the wear amounts of the Fe17Mn5Si10Cr5Ni coating are 0.17 g (10 N load), 0.29g (15 N load), and 0.50 g (20 N load), significantly lower than those of the 316 stainless steel substrate, which are 0.42 g (10 N load), 0.81g (15 N load), and 1.12 g (20 N load), respectively. The wear mechanism of the FeMnSi shape memory alloy coating is abrasive wear, while the 316 stainless steel substrate mainly shows adhesive wear. The test results show that the Fe17Mn5Si10Cr5Ni shape memory alloy coating prepared by laser alloying technology exhibits excellent mechanical properties and wear resistance, and verifies the important role of the γ→ε martensitic transformation in optimizing the coating performance. This coating not only significantly improves the hardness and wear resistance of 316 stainless steel, but also optimizes the friction coefficient and residual stress distribution, providing a new theoretical basis and practical solution for the design of high-performance FeMnSi shape memory alloy materials and metal surface modification. 

  • YU Hengyang, ZHANG Bin
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 154-164. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.017
    To explore the separation mechanism and prediction method of ceramic membranes in marine oilwater separators, based on a selfbuilt experimental platform, the effects of oil concentration, membrane pore size and transmembrane pressure difference on separation efficiency and flux were systematically investigated. The results show that regardless of how the concentration, pore size or pressure difference changes, the retention rate is all greater than 99%. However, the flux attenuation is significantly restricted by above three factors, and the order of influence is: oil concentration > transmembrane pressure difference > membrane pore size. Taking a pore size of 1 μm and a pressure difference of 0.10 MPa as an example, when the concentration increases from 50 mg/L to 200 mg/L, the flux attenuation rate increases from 2% to 12%. Take 100 mg/L as an example, when the pressure difference increases from 0.05 MPa to 0.20 MPa, the initial flux can reach 583 L/(m2·h), but the average attenuation rate is 8%. Under the condition of 0.10 MPa, when the pore size increases from 0.5 μm to 2 μm, the flux at high concentration decreases from 368 L/(m2·h) to 312 L/(m2·h), and the attenuation rate reaches 16%. Based on this, a membrane separation effect prediction network FlowLSTM combined with the influence mechanism is proposed. This model effectively alleviates the problems of insufficient screening and loss of historical information by traditional LSTM through spatiotemporal feature extraction, attention fusion and residual connection, and takes the ranking results of key variables as the input to control the model. Compared with the baselines of MLP, RNN, LSTM and GRU, FlowLSTM outperforms the baselines in terms of R2, MSE and MAE indicators. Compared with the original LSTM model, R2 increases by 5%, and MSE and MAE decreases by 21% and 22% respectively.


  • ZHANG Dong, ZHAO Lining, PAN Mingyang
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(3): 54-63. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.03.006

    Taking ship traffic flow as the research object,  a Gaussiana gated recurrent unit (Gaussiana GRU) model based on the Gaussian distribution assumption was proposed to predict the uncertainty distribution of ship traffic flow parameters. Furthermore, a joint probability prediction method for traffic flow density and speed was established by combining with the Copula function. Firstly, based on the characteristics of traffic flow,  a residual GRU structure was designed to enhance the feature extraction capability of GRU through deep stacking, and the Gaussian likelihood function was combined to estimate the probability density distribution of traffic flow. Secondly, in order to solve the "lag" problem of prediction in uncertainty prediction, a point value processing module was introduced to improve the stability and accuracy of model prediction. The joint probability model of traffic flow density and speed was established by using Gaussian Copula function, and the state of three waterways in the Fujiangsha water area were estimated by using sampling method. Experimental results show that compared with the existing models, this method performs well in both point value  and probability density prediction, and can quantify the uncertainty characteristics of ship traffic flow more accurately.


  • ZHANG Shukuan, WANG Fachen, ZHANG Yusen, ZHU Jingwei
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 102-111. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.011
    Permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with advantages of high efficiency, high power density and stable operation is ideal core drive component for liquefied natural gas (LNG) pumps, where its electromagnetic performance is critical in cryogenic environments. This article firstly analyses the electromagnetic properties of key materials of cryogenic permanent magnet synchronous motors under the operating environment of −161 ℃. Then, a transient electromagnetic field finite element model of a cryogenic permanent magnet synchronous motor with a rated power of 6.5 kW is established. The electromagnetic performance and losses of the motor under cryogenic and room temperature environments are studied comparatively, and the influence of permanent magnet thickness on the performance of the cryogenic permanent magnet synchronous motor is analyzed Compared with the room temperature environment, the no-load back electromotive force and electromagnetic torque of the motor increase by 8.93% and 6.03%, respectively, at the temperature of −161 ℃; the stator iron loss increases by 2.5 times, the copper loss decreases by 65.3%, and the proportion of iron loss to total electromagnetic loss significantly increases.
  • LIU Minghao, ZHOU Tai, LIU Shiying, LIU Jiacai
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 130-140. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.014
    Freight forwarding alliances often have incomplete or uncertain information in the actual revenue allocation, such as ocean freight rate fluctuation. In order to effectively solve the problem of revenue allocation strategy of freight forwarding alliance under the fuzzy situation, the trapezoidal fuzzy number improved Shapley value is created. This cooperative game solution enhances the stability of the freight forwarding alliance and its market competitiveness by equalizing the satisfaction of freight forwarding enterprises. In the fuzzy situation, the satisfaction of the players is maximized by minimizing the excess contribution, according to which the trapezoidal fuzzy number least squares contribution is calculated and used to replace the marginal contribution of the classical Shapley value, thus creating the trapezoidal fuzzy number improved Shapley value. The example results show that the trapezoidal fuzzy number improved Shapley value fully considers the satisfaction of the players in the game, which makes the revenue allocation strategy more fair and reasonable. The trapezoidal fuzzy number improved Shapley value can effectively solve the problem of revenue distribution strategy of cooperative alliance with fuzzy uncertainty such as freight forwarding alliance, and then promote the stable and sustainable development of cooperative alliance.

  • LIANG Zhuohui, ZHANG Bin, ZHU Wenbin, XIA Yuanchen, WANG Boqiao, ZHANG Siqi
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 125-134. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.014
    To study the suppression effect and mechanism of porous silicon carbide on hydrogen explosion accidents in hydrogen-powered ships, a semi-open combustible gas suppression experimental platform was built. By changing the placement position, pore size, and equivalence ratio of porous silicon carbide, the effect of suppressing hydrogen-air premixed gas explosion was explored, and the explosion suppression mechanism was analyzed by numerical simulation. Results show that the suppression mechanism of porous silicon carbide on hydrogen-air deflagration includes heat absorption and cooling, flame quenching, and overpressure attenuation. However, porous silicon carbide can also disturb the unburned gas, causing deformation of the flame shape, thereby intensifying the deflagration. Under the same pore size and equivalence ratio conditions, the suppression effect is significant when the material is close to the ignition source, because when the flame reaches the surface of porous silicon carbide, the pressure difference on both sides is small, thereby reducing the flow velocity of the flame in the pore, interrupting energy transfer and extinguishing the flame. When the hydrogen-air equivalence ratio is 0.4 and the distance from the ignition source is 110 mm, porous silicon carbide with 40 PPI and 50 PPI can effectively suppress hydrogen flame propagation, and the peak flame velocity is reduced by 5.2 m/s and 12.5 m/s, respectively, and the attenuation rate of overpressure peak is 26.5% and 7.2%, respectively. At a distance of 220 mm from the ignition source, porous silicon carbide with 50 PPI can effectively extinguish most flames, reducing flame speed and peak overpressure by 10.5% and 13.9%, respectively. When the distance increases to 330 mm, the three types of porous silicon carbide pore sizes can not effectively prevent flame propagation. On the contrary, due to their destructive effect on the flame front, the detonation reaction became more intense. Under different equivalence ratios, differences in energy release and reaction rates directly affect the suppression effect of porous silicon carbide, when the equivalence ratio drops to 0.3, the explosion suppression effect of porous silicon carbide is enhanced, and when the equivalence ratio is increased to 0.5, the energy release increases, leading to weakening of the suppression effect of porous silicon carbide.


  • LI Shuzhao, SUN Guodong, ZHANG An, WANG Dong, CUI Chunyi
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 115-124. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.013
    The discrete element method (DEM) was used to analyze the liquefaction behavior of initially anisotropic sand under nonsymmetric cyclic loading. Ellipsoidal particles were generated to prepare anisotropic sand samples, and undrained cyclic triaxial shear simulations were conducted by using constant volume method. The evolution of mechanical coordination number, redundancy index and fabric anisotropy during cyclic loading was studied, and the liquefaction characteristics of sand at the microscopic level was revealed. The results show that the DEM simulations effectively reflect that dense sand exhibits higher liquefaction resistance under nonsymmetric cyclic loading conditions. When sand undergoes full liquefaction, the mechanical coordination number and redundancy index decrease to 0.35 and 2.4, respectively, regardless of whether the cyclic loading is symmetrical. Under different loading conditions, the particle orientation fabric transitions from anisotropic to isotropic with cyclic loading. Under stress reversal conditions, once liquefaction occurs, the anisotropy of the particle orientation fabric rapidly decreases, while the contact normal fabric changes significantly and shows a directional switch. Initial liquefaction occurs as the contactnormal fabric anisotropy variable transitions from a negative value to near zero. These findings provide an in-depth understanding of the micromechanical mechanisms of liquefaction, contributing to the development of macroscopic constitutive models for cyclic liquefaction of anisotropic sands under complex loading conditions. 


  • HUANG Ying, CAI Jiaxin, JIN Zhihong
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(3): 20-30. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.03.003

    For the collaborative transportation demand between Ro-Ro trailer terminals and inland customers with multiple task types, a tractor scheduling optimization model with time windows, trailer capacity constraints, and considering the inherent correlation between task types and node access order was constructed, and a mixed integer programming model with the goal of minimizing total  transportation costs was established. An improved adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm was proposed to enhance the search efficiency of the destroy and repair operators through a two-stage feasible arc generation strategy and a dynamic weight update mechanism. Numerical experiments demonstrate the correctness of the model and the effectiveness of the algorithm. The experimental results show that the flexible node visit strategy can coordinate the tractor and trailer resources without violating time and capacity constraints, reducing the total transportation cost by 3.16% to 6.47%. Compared with the traditional separation mode, the Ro-Ro separation mode can reduce the total cost by 5.29% to 12.71%,  decreasing the number of tractors required for operation by improving resource utilization. This study can provide a decision-making reference for resource coordination and scheduling between Ro-Ro terminals and the hinterland.

  • CHEN Weilong, SU Fengmin, WANG Zhanyuan, CHANG Chao, PENG Benli
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 135-142. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.015
    Polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel flexible surface is used as drag reducing material, and sodium alginate and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose are added to enhance its elasticity and mechanical strength. Test the drag reduction effect of different spacing flow direction groove flexible surfaces and vertical flow direction groove flexible surfaces using the rotating disk drag measurement method, and analyze their impact mechanism on the disk drag reduction effect. The results show that the hydrogel flexible surface without grooves has a good drag reduction effect in laminar flow, but it will lose the drag reduction effect in turbulent flow and play the role of drag increase. The two kinds of hydrogel flexible surfaces with sparse grooves have higher drag reduction rate in laminar flow, and can also maintain drag reduction effect in high Reynolds number turbulent state, which don’t have the effect of increasing resistance.

  • Yang Hua-long, Ma Shuang, Peng Chong
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 120-129. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.013
     This paper studies the exporting offshore/in-transit inventory financing risk problem with high demand uncertainty. Applying the principle of double Stackelberg master-slave game, profit functions of importer, exporter and shipping company were constructed. Employing the conditional value at risk (CVaR) measurement method, an optimization model of exporting offshore/in-transit inventory financing under risk measurement was established, where the overall profit of the supply chain was maximized. Then, the optimal decision-making results such as the pledge rate of the shipping company, the exporter's delivery lead time and the importer's order quantity were demonstrated and analyzed. The study shows that the importer's order lot size and the exporter's delivery lead time decrease with the increase in the pledge rate of the maritime logistics company. The optimal pledge rate of the shipping company is negatively related to the risk aversion coefficient of the exporter, the pledge service fee rate of the shipping company, and the market selling price of the pledged goods, and positively related to the risk aversion coefficient of the importer and the import price of the importer. The findings of the research can provide useful decision-making references for all parties involved in exporting offshore/in-transit inventory financing. 

  • XU Shangxin, GAO Hongtao
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(2): 58-65. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.02.007
    To improve the utilization efficiency of waste heat from fishing boat diesel engines, the ice-making performance of a lithium nitrate-ammonia absorption refrigeration system driven by the cooling water of the fishing boat's cylinder liner was studied. Through thermodynamic model simulation, the effects of factors such as generation temperature, evaporation temperature, and condensation temperature on system performance were analyzed. The research indicates that the lithium nitrate-ammonia absorption refrigeration system can operate stably within the generation temperature range of 75°C to 85°C, with the Coefficient of Performance (COP) reaching up to approximately 0.5. When the generation temperature is higher, the system can maintain a higher COP over a wider evaporation temperature range, demonstrating strong adaptability and reliability. In addition, the calculation results of the energy efficiency coefficient (ECOP) show that high-temperature heat sources can more effectively drive the system to achieve low evaporation temperatures, while an increase in condensation temperature significantly reduces the ECOP. Overall, the lithium nitrate-ammonia absorption refrigeration system is suitable for the ice-making needs of fishing boats during offshore operations, efficiently utilizing the waste heat from the fishing boat for refrigeration, and offering good energy utilization potential as well as energy-saving and emission-reducing effects.

  • GAN Jiamin, YUAN Zhitao, CHEN Mozi, WU Xiaolie
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 54-62. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.006
    To better guide ships in collision avoidance decision-making, a collision risk evaluation method considering the maneuvering capabilities of ships is proposed. By integrating AIS data, NOMOTO maneuvering motion equations, the COLREGS, and ship domain intrusion measurement model, two risk evaluation indicators related to the latest rudder application time and the safety avoidance angle set are established, namely Avoidance Difficulty (AD) and Avoidance Time Urgency (ATU), which evaluate the risk from spatial and temporal dimensions, respectively. Then, the CRITIC method is used to determine the weight of the two indicators. Finally, the effectiveness of the method is demonstrated through multi-risk comparison experiments in different scenarios using data from the outer waters of the Ningbo Zhoushan port area. The results indicate that the method takes into account the differences in maneuvering performance of various ships, the COLREGS, and the relative motion trends between ships, while paying special attention to the potential collision risk that may arise from avoidance maneuvers during the multi-ship risk assessment process, achieving a more reasonable evaluation of ship collision risk and has certain application value for ship collision avoidance decision-making.

  • QIAO Yajing, GAO Xiangyu , ZHAO Yuelin
    Journal of Dalian Maritime University. 2025, 51(1): 82-91. https://doi.org/10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2025.01.009
    This study addresses the challenges associated with high computational parameter volume, intricate complex background lighting, and the diversity of the ship's lights in the context of target detection. improvements have been made to YOLOv8n to meet the requirements for real-time and accurate identification of ship’s lights. Initially, we employ the VanillaNet as the core feature extraction network, which significantly diminishes the model's computational overhead and ensures compliance with real-time detection demands. Subsequently, we integrate a color attention module designed to discern and amplify the distinctive color attributes of the navigation lights, thereby bolstering their recognition even amidst complex lighting conditions. Furthermore, to accommodate the unique characteristics of the ship's lights, including their size, frequency, and spatial distribution across different perspectives, introduce a Mixture of Experts (MoE)-layer module as a substitute for the conventional C2f module, further refining the identification accuracy. Finally, the Focal Loss function is adopted to adjust the focus on easy-to-hard classified samples, addressing the class imbalance issue and improving the model's ability to detect ship’s lights. Experimental results demonstrate that, compared to the original baseline model YOLOv8n, the improved model reduces parameters and computation by 37.7% and 52.8%, respectively, while increasing accuracy and mAP@0.5 by 3.3% and 2.2% to 98.3% and 98.7%, respectively, and therefore the improved YOLOv8n meets the requirements for real-time identification of ship’s lights.